# 2017 Cardinal Draft Tracker

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/2017-cardinal-draft-tracker/
- Published: 2017-06-13T22:02:08-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

Like I do each year, I’ve been watching the MLB draft to see who goes where and 
which players the St. Louis Cardinals take. Here is the draft tracker for all the
Cardinal picks this year, along with overall draft information. It’s worth noting
that the team didn’t have picks in the first 2 rounds; their first pick was forfeited
for signing [Dexter Fowler](http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fowlede01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)
and their 2 second round picks were taken as penalties for the Houston Astros hack.

As the picks are made, I’ll keep updating this. As they sign the players, this will
be updated.

Signed players will be bolded and their bonus will be listed, if reported.

The Cardinals have $2,176,000 to spend with their draft pool for this year. Below
are the pool limits, what they’ve spent, and their overages. Each MLB team can go
over 5% of their pool amount with only being penalized a 100% tax once they exceed
their pool limit. Any overage by more than 5% will result in the tax and loss of
future draft picks; never in the history of the pool amounts has a team exceed their
pool by 5%.

Any pick after the 10th round has a maximum bonus of $125,000; anything over that
will be included in the draft pool. Since Terry Fuller signed for $200,000, $75,000
will go against the pool. To balance that out, the team will sign some of their 
early picks for below slot (like Seeburger).

The Cardinals have 38 picks this year, down from many recent years.

Here is the breakdown by position.

Here is the breakdown by education level.

Here is the breakdown by state.

Finally, here is the undrafted free agents.
  If you hear of a signing and have 
a source, please list them in the comments. I’ll verify it and get it added to the
tracker

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## Comments

### By: Oscar I. Menendez

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/2017-cardinal-draft-tracker/#comment-852
- Published: 2017-06-22T11:58:08-05:00

I appreciate the info you guys provide. Thank you! I’m glad Cards signed Fuller.

### By: Eugene Tierney

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/2017-cardinal-draft-tracker/#comment-853
- Published: 2017-06-23T08:32:08-05:00

Thanks for checking it out. The Fuller signing is huge for a draft that didn’t get
many high upside players. I was shocked to see it was for so little.